Conveyer



Aug. 27, 1935. REDLER 2,012,831

CONVEYER Filed Jan. 3, 1934- INVENTOR.

40M c mm.

ATTORNEY.

Patented Aug 27, 1935- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,012,831 CONVEYER Arnold Redler, Severnsea, 'Sharpness, England, assignor to Redler Conveyor Company, Quincy, Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts Application January 3, 1934, Serial No. 705,069 In Great Britain October 4, 1933 4 Claims. (Cl. 198168) This invention relates to a conveyer, and parweight, and preferably with a hook at one end ticularly to a conveyer of the type forming the and an eye at the other end of each element. subject matter of the Redler Reissue Patent No. The series of elements are assembled together to form the conveyer member with one-leg of the O j t of t invention s to p v d a hook of one element extended through the eye 5 conveyer of the character specified with a conof the next succeeding element to form the conv y ns m m r ma p of a s rie f di e tly tinuous tension member of the conveyer, and and pivotally Connected tension e e t provision is made for mounting the individual thereby b e t e S ess s Set up during the open flights upon the elements preferably in a Operation of the conveyer to be transmitted manner such as to form a closure for the hooks l0 y from n tension m m r t an th r. while ermitting the direct transmission of stress The invention has for a further object to proof one tension element to the next. V de a novel and improved conveying member Referring now to the drawing, lll represents for a conveyer of the character specified which is the conveyer casing through which the conveyadapted for commercial production at minimum ing member indicated generally at 12 is ar- 15 expense and may be made of high tensile steel. ranged to be drawn by any suitable means, all

With these bj in V w a d Suc thers as as disclosed in the Redler reissue patent above remay hereinafter appear, the invention consists ferred to. The conveying member 12 is in acin the conveyer and in the Conveying member cordance with the present invention made up hereinafter described and particularly pointed of a series of directly connected tension ele- 20 out in the claims at the end of this specification. ments l4. Each element M is preferably pro- In the drawing, 1 is De spe ive W t vided with a hook I6 at one end and an eye l8 portions broken way illustrating a p r n of a at the opposite end. The hook It is preferably v r em dyin the pr t nv n i F 2 provided with two legs I9, 20, and the forward is a plan of a portion of the conveying member leg 20 is arranged to extend through the eye I8 25 illustrated in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the next succeeding tension element to directly of a modified form of conveyer member illusand pivotally connect the two elements together. trating the manner in which a flight may be Inthe form of conveyer member illustrated in mounted upon one of the conveying elements; Figs. 1, 2 and 5, the two legs i9, 20 of the hook Figs. 4 and 5 are views in plan and vertical secmember it of the tension elements I4 are ar- 30 tiOh, respectively, illustrating the C n eying ranged to project through holes formed in a member formed by mounting the flights as illusflattened portion 22 of an open conveyer flight trated. in Figs. 3 and 2 respectively; and Fig. 6 24 herein shown as of U-shape, and the ends of is a Side elevation with parts in Section o he the legs I9, 20 are headed to securely rivet the c nv yin elements wn i Fi 4- hook to the flattened portion 22 of the flight to 35 In general. the present invention p ate thereby efiect the mounting of the flight upon the e conveyer 0f the yp forming t e Subject matter conveyer member and at the same time to efiect of the Redler Reissue Patent No. 18,445 which is a. closure of the hook and retain the eye l8 withcharacterized by the provision of a conduit in the hook. In practice the projecting legs 19, 20

through which conveyer member having a of the hook I6 are reduced to form a shoulder 40 series of skeleton or Open flights is arra'Pged to 26 which serves as a bearing for engagement with be drawn to effect the conveyance of Sohd the upper surface of the flattened portion 22 of able material in a continuous stream, and the the flight I invetltion contemplates t of novel In some instances it may be desirable to mount r Improved constructmn of conveymg member the flights upon the shank portion 28 of the inor such a conveyer. The conveyer member comdividual tension elements l4, and this may conprises a plurality of d-rectly pivotally connected h d b tin the tension members upon which a plurality of open fluently P y conswuc g flight are mounted in a manner such as to flights as illustrated in Figs 3 and 4. As therein mil: the direct transmission of the stresses set up Shown the fllght 24 1s pmvlded clampmg 50 block 30 adapted to clamp the shank 28 of the in the conveyer member during the operation of the conveyer from one tension elem nt t th tension element between it and the central pornext. In the preferred form of the invention, o o t fl g t Suitable pi belts i the individual tension members are preferably nuts 32, 34 being provided to hold the parts in 65 formed of high tensile steel, of a relatively light clamping position. The hooks it may and preferably will be closed by a closure plate 36 having holes through which the projecting ends I9, of the hook are extended and headed to securely rivet the plate to the hook.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 5, the flight is preferably provided with bearing members 40 formed,as an integral part thereof which serve for engagement by the usual sprockets over which the conveyer member is adapted to run in the practical operation of the conveyer. It will also be observed that the individual tension elements are so constructed that either the hook or the eye is arranged horizontal and the other vertical so that in the assembled conveyer member the flights will be more or less centralized within the casing by this arrangement of the hooks and, eyes.

From the description thus far, it will be observed that the present construction of tension elements is simple and one which lends itself particularly to economical drop forging of the elements from high tensile steel, and after formation the elements are preferably heat treated, thus enabling the ultimate conveyer member to be constructed of maximum strength and of minimum weight; This is particularly advantageous in commercial operation and in the longer lengths of the conveyer wherein the maintenance of the dead weight of the conveyer element at a minimum comprises an important factor in enabling the conveyer to operate with minimum power and with minimum breakage of the parts.

While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been herein illustrated and described, it will be understood that the invention may be embodied in other forms within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:-

1. In a conveyer, a conveying member comprising a plurality of tension elements, each provided with an eye at one end and with a hook "member at the other end, the hook member of one element being hooked through the eye of the next succeeding element, the plane of the hook being disposed at right angles to the plane of the eye, said hook and eye being constructed and arranged to permit pivotal movement of the tension elements in two directions at right angles to one another, aplurality of flight members mounted upon said elements and in spaced relation, and means for 'closing the hook members of said elements to directly and pivotally connect together the different tension elements.

2. In a conveyer, a conveying member comprising a plurality of tension elements, each element being provided with an eye at one end and with a hook portion at the other end, said hook portion having two legs, and. said elements being connected together by hooking one leg of the hook portion of one element through the eye of the next succeeding element, a plurality of flights mounted upon the conveyer member, each flight having openings through which the ends of said legs are extended to secure the flight upon the conveyer and to close the hook.

3. In a conveyer, a conveyer member comprising a plurality of open flights, said flights being provided with flattened portions having holes therethrough, and a series of tension elements, each element being provided with a hook portion at one end having two projecting legs and with an eye at the other end, said legs of the hook portions of said elements being extended through the holes in said flattened portions of the conveyer flights and secured thereto, whereby to close the hooks, and one leg of each hook extending through the eye of a succeeding element whereby the eyes are retained within the hooks by said conveyer flights. V

4. In a conveyer, a conveying member comprising a plurality of directly and pivotally connected tension members, each member being provided with an eye at one end thereof, and a hook at the other end thereof, and with the hook of one element hooked through the eye of the next succeeding element, a plurality of open flight members mounted upon said elements and in spaced relation, said hooks and eyes being constructed and arranged whereby to permit pivotal movement of the tension elements in two directions at right angles to one another.

ARNOLD REDLER. 

